As my colleague David Kirkpatrick reports from Egypt, there were protests in the Suez Canal city of Port Said and fresh clashes in Cairo on Monday.
Video uploaded to YouTube on Sunday showed officers firing at protesters in Port Said, killing four, including a man in a wheelchair, according to Mosireen, a collective of activist Egyptian filmmakers.
As clashes continued in Port Said on Monday, despite a declaration of martial law, journalists and bloggers there uploaded video of angry chants against the government at funerals for protesters and reports of escalating mayhem.
People carrying coffins chant -the ppl want the downfall of the regime #PortSaid #Egypt http://t.co/nnwYDhyl
Few minutes ago, the crowd at the funerals for those killed yesterday cheered! as some burned an Egyptian flag #PortSaid
People keep telling me they want international protection for #PortSaid
Looking toward al Arab police station, APCs in thw distance. Almost constant gunfire. http://t.co/huwS09cN
Tires buring, wind churning and guns firing from both protesters n police. #PortSaid looks like the Wild West. #Egypt
Emergency law or no, there is no law in port said right now.
In Cairo, police fired tear gas on Sunday and Monday at protesters at the foot of the Kasr el-Nile bridge near Tahrir Square, which was the scene of an epic battle during the uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak exa! ctly two ! years ago, on what was known as the revolution’s “Day of Rage.â€
My favorite shot from the last few I just uploaded. Taken about an hour ago near #Tahrir as clashes continue.
#Egypt http://t.co/Q1td3r0q
The activist blogger Omar Kamel shared dramatic photographs and video of the clashes by the bridge on Sunday, showing clouds of tear gas in front of the luxury hotels along the Nile Corniche illuminated by the protesters’ fireworks and lasers.
The Cairene blogger who writes as Kikhote uploaded video shot from above Tahrir Square on Monday that zoomed in to the foot of the Kasr el-Nil bridge, showing the location of the bridge and what looked like hundreds of protesters gathered there.
Kikhote also drew attention to the activist blogger Rasha Azab’s ph! otograph of a cloud of tear gas in the air above the heads of protesters near the foot of the bridge on Monday, in front of the distinctive salmon-colored facade of the Cairo Semiramis hotel.
via @RashaPress http://t.co/wkjBKbt6 #Clashes at #KasrElnil #Tahrir #Cairo #Egypt #Semiramis #Tourism
Tarek Shalaby, another activist blogger, reported on Twitter that a couple of hundred protesters remained on the bridge, with dozens of officers from the Central Security Forces on the Corniche nearby, at about 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon.
A couple of hundred here across the bridge. #Tahrir http://t.co/i8XxOvCW
Prayer on Kasr El Nil bridge. #Jan28 http://t.co/JOC7e2Xd
You can feel the tear gas still. Prayer was quick (for security reasons). #Tahrir #Jan28 #Jan25
Started moving towards us, but accidentally dropped the tear gas bomb r! ight next! to them.. This buys us time. #Tahrir http://t.co/WkVsiFWv
Situation at Kasr El Nil bridge is calm, but can turn around easily. The police chose to restart the battle, not the protestors. #Tahrir
A short time later, my colleague Kareem Fahim reportd from the bridge that tear gas was being fired at protesters on the Cornche.
Spectators watch from Qasr el Nil bridge. Day full of tear gas, no sign of protest growing yet #egypt http://t.co/ntYaSij3
At abut 5 p.m. local time, Jonathan Rashad, a photographer, reported on Twitter that the officers had pushed protesters back from the Cornche on to the bridge and into Tahrir Square.
Police fire tear gas canisters on head/waist level. Just saw an injured protester.
CSF approaching Simon Bolivar. Many protesters retreated to Tahrir and Kasr El-Nil bridge.
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